Iftikhar Ahmed
82Pakistan · AR · 2015 to 2023
BATTING
- Matches
- 28
- Innings
- 24
- Runs
- 614
- Average
- 38.37
- Strike rate
- 106.59
- High score
- 109*
- 100s / 50s
- 1 / 1
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 16
- Average
- 46.37
- Economy
- 5.59
- Strike rate
- 49.7
- Best figures
- 5/40
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 1
- Catches / Stumpings
- 17 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 0
CAREER IN BRIEF
Iftikhar Ahmed played 28 ODIs for Pakistan in CricArcade's archive, from 2015 to 2023. The first came against England at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, with a score of 5 and 1 wicket, and the last against England at Eden Gardens in 2023.
The most productive decade was the 2020s: 546 runs at 39.0 in 24 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 109 not out from 71 balls against Nepal at Multan Cricket Stadium in 2023, in a match Pakistan won. The best bowling is 5 for 40 against Zimbabwe at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 2020.
In all: 1 hundred, 1 fifty, 1 five-wicket haul. The most runs came against Sri Lanka: 129 runs at 129.0 in 4 ODIs. National Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 4 ODIs and 182 runs at 182.0. Pakistan won 15 of the ODIs Iftikhar Ahmed played and lost 11.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 28 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109* | 71 | Nepal | Multan Cricket Stadium | 2023 | Won |
| 94* | 72 | New Zealand | National Stadium | 2023 | Lost |
| 47 | 40 | Sri Lanka | R Premadasa Stadium | 2023 | Lost |
| 40 | 27 | Afghanistan | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 2023 | Lost |
| 32* | 20 | Sri Lanka | National Stadium | 2019 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/40 | 10 | Zimbabwe | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | 2020 | Won |
| 3/50 | 8 | Sri Lanka | R Premadasa Stadium | 2023 | Lost |
| 1/16 | 3 | Netherlands | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | 2023 | Won |
| 1/20 | 5 | Bangladesh | Gaddafi Stadium | 2023 | Won |
| 1/31 | 6 | England | Sheikh Zayed Stadium | 2015 | Lost |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4 | 36 | 18.00 | 0/0 | 2 | 74.50 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 129 | 129.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 41.33 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 87 | 29.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| England | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0/0 | 2 | 43.50 |
| India | 3 | 27 | 13.50 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| New Zealand | 3 | 122 | 122.00 | 0/1 | 1 | 76.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 46 | 23.00 | 0/0 | 5 | 20.00 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 17 | – | 0/0 | 2 | 32.00 |
| Nepal | 1 | 109 | – | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| Netherlands | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 16.00 |
| South Africa | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 12 | 347 | 86.75 | 1/1 | 8 | 38.13 |
| Away | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0/0 | 3 | 16.67 |
| Neutral | 14 | 216 | 21.60 | 0/0 | 5 | 77.40 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4 | 68 | 34.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 101.00 |
| 2020s | 24 | 546 | 39.00 | 1/1 | 15 | 42.73 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Stadium | 4 | 182 | 182.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Gaddafi Stadium | 4 | 10 | 10.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 44.00 |
| Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | 3 | 46 | 23.00 | 0/0 | 5 | 20.00 |
| R Premadasa Stadium | 2 | 70 | 35.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 34.00 |
| MA Chidambaram Stadium | 2 | 61 | 30.50 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v England, 2015 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v England, 2023 at Eden Gardens
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 3 September 1990
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Balls faced (career)
- 576
- Ducks
- 0
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 6th
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 91.5
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 165.4
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 36.4
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 38.0
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 483 balls faced in that period.
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